Velocipede.



PATENTED JULY 31, 1906.

S. TRESOUTHICK. I

VBLOOIPBDE.

APPLICATION FILED APR 13. 190? 2 SHEETSSIIEET lv wwiwax PATENTED JULY 31-, 1906.

S. TRESOUTHIGK.

VELOCIPEDE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.13,1906.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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VELQClPEDE.

N0. 827,481. Specification of Letters Fatent. Patented July 31,1906. Application filed April 13,1906. Serial No. 311,432.

' To all whom it may cnnccrn: treadle-standard, as will be understood by Be it known that I, STANLEY Tnnsourrn reference more particularly to Fig. 7. 10K, a citizen of the United States, residing in The treadle-shaft is supported in the bear- Jersey City, Hudson county, and State of ing b on said standard B and carries a New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and sprocket-Wheel d or equivalent for transmit- 6o useful Improvements in Velocipedes, of ting power and motion throu h the medium which the following is a specification. of the belt or chain (1 to the w lieel 4: upon the My improvements relate to the-class of cardriving shaft or axle E, which latterv is riages impelled by the riders thereof an mounted in bearings 19 on the under side'o I known generally as velocipedes, and parthe platform P. The driving-shaft E is 65 ticularly to the form of such vehicles in formed with a crank e,.connected by a pitwhich the rocking figure of a horse or other man-rod c with the rear of the body A, to which said pitman. is pivotally connected, so

animal is used as a seat or support for the rider. that as the driving-shaft E rotates it will rock 5 The main objectof the invention is the the hobby-horse on itspivotal support b. 70 utilization of the head ofthe rocking figure The head a of the hobby-horse A is pivotas a medium for controlling and operating ally attached to the body by a screw-bolt f the steering mechanism of the vehicle, thus passing through the neck of the horse, an imitating in so far as is practicable the antifriction device 9, consisting of ball-bearmethod of guiding a living prototype of the irig plates and rollers, being preferably inter- 7 5 posed between-the odpposed surfaces of'the animal-represented.

The lnvention consists in the construction neck and body, as in icated in Fi s. 1 and 2. The head a is provided with han les a a/ or and arrangement of parts. hereinafter deother means to facilitate the turning o t e scribed and claimed specifically.

5 In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 head laterally in either direction upon the 80 and 2 are sectional elevations showing the rocking-horse in different positions. Fig.

is a plan of the vehicle; Fig. 4, a view of the under side thereof; Fig. 5, afront vie Fig.v 3 6 is a sectionalelevation, upon an enlarge scale, taken upon plane of line 6 6, Fig. 5. s Fig. 7 is a sectiona elevation of the needlestandard. Fig. 8 is a detail view of the linkbar and head of the steering-shaft; Fig. 9, a section upon plane'of line 9 9, Fig. 8. Figs. 10 and 11 are sectional details illustrating a modification in the'form of the steering-hea and link-bar. Fig.12 is a detail view showing still another modification. 4 Obviously the form or representation of bolt f as a pivot.

To the head a is connected, by means of an articulated joint, a hnkbar h, the outer or free end of which is bifurcated or slotted to the vertical steering-shaft I, which latter is I mounted in the sleeve-bearing p on the platform P, a collar i on the shaft 1 resting upon the upper end of the sleeve-bearingp, or the shaft being otherwise sustained against ver- 0 tical play or movement.

By reference to Figs. 8 and 9 it will be seen that the free end of the link-bar ,h is rectangular in cross-section and fits snugly within the bifurcated end head 41, while free to play 95 or slide over the pin i. The upper end of the link-bar h is connected to the head a by a freely-articulating joint, as by forming it with an eye h, coupling with an eye or staple a? on the head a1 Hence when the head a is 100 turned in either direction on the bolt f the link h, while free to follow and adapt itself to self to any special animal-mo el the vertical movement of the head a, will im- The body of the hobby-horse A is pivotart the lateral movement to the steeringally supported u on the u per part of the shaft 1, turning the latter axially in the same 105, treadle-standard upon t e platform P in direction as that assumed y the head, and any suitable manner. Thus, as shown in the thereby steering the vehicle in that direction, drawings, an eyelatec, secured to the unit being understood, of course, that the steerder side of the be y A, engages with a fpin b, "mg-shaft 1 controls suitable steering mechansupported in the bifurcated end I) 0 said 1 ism. The latter may be variously construct- 1 w the animal A is of minor importance, that mdicated in the drawin s being intended to represent. the usual ho by-horse, by which a term, for convenience, I will hereinafter des- 45 ignate said rocking animal-body, it being understood that the term is applied in a broad eneric sense and that I do not restrict mystraddle a' pin 't in the bifurcated head 1', of

ed and arranged, the

cle, a result never heretofore attained in so far as I am aware.

Obviously the engagement between the link-bar h and the steeringsshaft I may be effected, with like result, by resort to various mechanical expedients, so that I do not limit myself to a slotted or bifurcated link-bar, since, for instance, a solid bar may be used, as. illustrated in the modifications shown in Figs. 10 andv 11, in whichthe free end of the linkbar it simply rests in a suitable slot or recess '6, formed in the head of the steeringshaft I, the engagement of the side walls of the slot with the parallel sides of the link-bar insuring the turning of the steering-shaft on its axis in conforming with the movement of the head (1 upon its pivot In fact, the form in cross-section of the ink-bar h is not material, provided the slot or recess in the head of the steering-shaft conforms thereto, the ob'ect being to allow the bar it to slide freely ack and for'thlongitudinally in or on said head as the body A is rocked, while the lateral engagement between the parts insures the turning of the shaft axially simultaneously with the turning of the head A, or, if preferred, the free end of the link-bar it may be bifurcated vertically, so as to straddle plain flat surfaces '5 formalin the upper end of the steering-shaft I, as in the modification illustrated in Fig. 12. is either case the result is essentially the same in that the lateral movement of thehead is imparted to the steering-shaft, while the link it is free to admit itself to the vertical or rocking moveinent'of the head and body.

The steering mechanism shown in the drawings as controlled by the steering-shaft I consists of the lower end of the latter, said cross-bar. 7c

be transmitted, through the links Z l to the yoke m, axle n, and wheels 0.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

'1. In a vehicle of the character designated, the combination with means for propelling the same, of the body of a figure pivotally supported on the carriage, means for rockin said body thereon, a laterally-movable head pivotally supported on said body, a link-bar connected with said head by or recess formed in the head of the steering shaft, together with said steering-shaft and steering mechanism connecting therewith and controlled thereby, for the purpose described. I

2. In a vehicle of the character designated, the combination with means for propelling the same, of the body of a figure pivotally supported on the carriage, means for rocking said body thereon, a laterally-movable head 'pivotally supported on said body, a link-bar connected with said head by an articulated joint and interlocking at its free end with opposed flat plain surfaces on the steeringshaft,v together with-said steering-shaft and steering mechanism connecting therewith and controlled thereby, for the purpose described.

STANLEY TRESOUTHICK.

sides. of a slot- Witnesses: G120. WM. MIAT'i,

D. WV. GARDNER.

a cross-bar is, secured rigidly to an articulated joint and engaging at its free end with the 

